Complete Tampa, FL accident reports and news.

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Accidents in Tampa result in serious injuries and deaths each year

After a Tampa crash, injured people and their families need resources and support. Regardless of the severity of the collision, the people involved are left to deal with injuries, medical bills, property damage, and insurance claims. When a Tampa accident is fatal, families are left to struggle with their grief and loss as best they can.

Resources to help accident victims and their families after a Tampa wreck

Regardless of whether it is a car accident, pedestrian accident, motorcycle crash, bicycle collision, truck accident, or any other kind of injury accident, the following resources can be helpful for crash victims and their families and friends.

Major hospitals in Tampa include:

How do you deal with an insurance claim after a Tampa accident?

Regardless of how severe an accident is, almost everyone involved has to deal with insurance companies and claims. For accidents with very minor injuries and damage, a claim can sometimes be handled by working with the insurance adjuster. For crashes involving more serious injuries, or when a fatal accident occurs, a Tampa personal injury attorney is needed to manage the insurance claim. Go here to learn more about how a Tampa accident lawyer helps accident victims.

Legal Resources

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Tampa Bay may test futuristic "smart road" system

In the coming months, downtown Tampa may be host to testing a system of "smart roads." Smart roads have technology to speak to cars using "connected vehicle technology," which can let a vehicle know that a car up ahead is losing control, or warn a driver about a pedestrian crossing the street or an oncoming wrong-way driver. If the program is approved, smart roads capable of turning lights red and green to dynamically control traffic flow will be rolled out in the Channel District. 

Most recent accident reports

Date Type
Thu, 09/17/2015 Bus Accident School bus overturns in lake near Kingsmill Place and Nine Eagles Drive in Tampa, Florida; all children accounted for
Tue, 09/01/2015 Pedestrian Accident William John Thompson, 93, struck by hit-and-run driver near Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida; alleged driver Jasmine Crandall, 21, sought by police
Thu, 08/20/2015 Pedestrian Accident Pedestrian seriously injured after being struck by vehicle on east Busch Boulevard in Tampa, Florida
Sat, 08/15/2015 Car Accident Jarron A. Watkins seriously injured in hit-and-run in car driven by Jeffrey A. Guagliardo, 38, on West Platt Street in Tampa, Florida
Thu, 08/13/2015 Car Accident Catherine Fleming, 53, and Eric Sanders, 20, killed in three-vehicle head-on car wreck on Turner Road in Tampa, Florida
Fri, 07/31/2015 Car Accident Rishi Martinez and Gyzelle Diaz dead, Naeve Duarte injured after car crashes into bay off of Courtney Campbell Causeway service road in Tampa, Florida
Thu, 07/30/2015 Pedestrian Accident Woman critical after car strikes her in crosswalk at Dale Mabry and Bay Vista Avenue in Tampa, Florida
Mon, 07/27/2015 Pedestrian Accident Melissa K. Nunamaker, 45, killed in pedestrian collision on Henderson Boulevard in Tampa, Florida
Thu, 07/23/2015 Car Accident Police officer involved in hit-and-run crash on I-75 in Tampa, Florida
Mon, 07/13/2015 Car Accident Multiple people injured in alleged hit-and-run on North 40th Street in Tampa, Florida
Mon, 06/29/2015 Car Accident 5 injured, 3 seriously, in multi-vehicle crash at Sligh and Florida avenues in Tampa, Florida
Mon, 06/29/2015 Pedestrian Accident 60-year-old man lying in roadway of East 40th Street run over by hit-and-run SUV, pronounced dead in Tampa, FL
Sat, 06/27/2015 Motorcycle Accident Kristopher Graham, 20, killed and Antoine Jones, 22, injured when car turns in front of their motorcycles on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard in Tampa, FL
Thu, 06/25/2015 Motorcycle Accident Johnathan Armstrong Cottevill, 38, dead after turning into path of pickup truck, being struck and pinned at North Nebraska Avenue and East Louisiana Avenue in Tampa, FL
Sat, 06/20/2015 Bicycle Accident Darius Jamal Evans, 16, killed in crash with car at East Chelsea Avenue and North 48th Street in Tampa, Florida